Neutral ethers of germanium and tin, linear at oxygen: X-ray crystal and molecular structures of [(PhCH2)3M]2O (M = Ge or Sn)
Abstract
The compounds [(PhCH2)3M]2O (M = Ge or Sn) have been found by X-ray analysis to contain linear Ge–O–Ge and Sn–O–Sn fragments.